Archive for May 24th, 2010

Doin’ That Crazy Hand Jive

Cidu Bill on May 24th 2010

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Filed in 9 Chickweed Lane, Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, Brooke McEldowney, comic strips, comics, humor, sex | 25 responses so far

Best Endings

Cidu Bill on May 24th 2010

I am still in shock over how mind-bogglingly awful last night’s Lost finale was — especially since for a show that’s essentially a multi-year puzzle, the final episode makes or breaks the entire run. Still, this is where to discuss that.
Just to get the ashen taste out of my mouth, I’m reposting the 2008 discussion about best endings…

(Warning: Even though this is the wrong thread for discussions of the Lost finale, there are in fact spoilers below) Continue Reading »

Filed in Bill Bickel, Bob Newhart, Calvin and Hobbes, Far Side, Frumpy the Clown, Fugitive, Judd Winick, Lost, Magnum P.I., Preteena, Sledge Hammer, St. Elsewhere, comic strips, comics, humor, television | 73 responses so far

This was kind of scary…

Cidu Bill on May 24th 2010

I came across these two comics in a new Gahan Wilson collection, and I remembered them as if I’d just seen them — and then I saw that they were both almost 40 years old.

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Filed in Bill Bickel, Gahan Wilson, comic strips, comics, comics strips, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol | 20 responses so far

What I don’t understand…

Cidu Bill on May 24th 2010

Oops. Somehow WordPress ate all the text that was supposed to accompany this comic.

I get the joke. My comment was “I don’t understand why Scott Hilburn drew this 40 years ago and didn’t get around to publishing it until now.”

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Filed in Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, Hee Haw, Scott Hilburn, comic strips, comics, humor | 16 responses so far

It’s All About Content, Except When It’s Not

Cidu Bill on May 24th 2010

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This reminds me of those final nightmare years at About.com when the “editors,” few of whom had any actual writing or web site experience, alternated between telling us to focus on content to the exclusion of everything else, and focusing on community to the exclusion of everything else –and then penalized anybody who couldn’t switch gears (including reformatting years of earlier work) quickly enough.
But putting the unpleasant déjà vu aside, what’s the joke here?
The meta line, by the way, was “I’m looking to virally monetize your eyeballs by selling them for transplants.”

Filed in CIDU, comic strips, comics, humor, xkcd | 11 responses so far